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Thankfully her new boyfriend Alex Oxlade Chamberlain was on hand to help her into the waiting vehicle.

The 23-year-old singer, who had been celebrating Little Mix’s first ever BRIT Award win until 3am, wore a revealing black cocktail dresses open entirely on her right side.

Her outfit, complete with one shoulder pad, was pulled together with gold and black buckles.

She wore a pair of heeled black sandals to accentuate her long legs even more.

Perrie grinned as she made her way to the taxi, hair pulled up into a high bun as she put a hand on her skirt to make sure that it didn’t ride up any further.

Her footballer ace beau placed a hand on the small of her back as he guided her into the taxi.

The Sun first revealed that Alex and Perrie were dating back in November after she split from Luke Pasqualino.

The Little Mix star went public with her new romance last month by sharing a picture of the Arsenal player sitting with her beloved dogs.

But just weeks later, fans began speculating about a split when the snap disappeared from Perrie’s Instagram page.

But earlier this month she proved their romance was still going strong by sharing a snap of them kissing in front of The Eiffel Tower.

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Art and fashion have always intermingled, but what happens when you toss in a heavy dose of tech and all the contemporary philosophical conundrums that come with it? It would probably look and feel a lot like the stylishly flashy, forward-thinking fashion line, Ab[Screenwear], which made its New York Fashion Week debut earlier this month at Postmasters Gallery in Chinatown.

For all the high-concept themes and influences that founder Olya Petrova Jackson incorporates into her clothing, like her original code-based language system for the various layers and materials she uses (multi-colored dichroic polyurethane panels, shearling, leather, wool, and precious furs), or her vociferous dialogue with Kurzweil’s theory of singularity, the looks are strikingly chic and completely ready to wear.

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“That’s body,” says Petrova Jackson from inside her stylish and minimal Brooklyn apartment, which she shares with her husband. “That’s part of me being a fashion designer, everything else is concept and artistic expression.” For those familiar with the designer’s prototypes and sample items, which she’s been developing for over three years, one can’t help but wonder if she faced external pressure to create more traditional, palatable works to lure the mainstream fashion status quo. “Hell no,” she offers in her delightfully self-aware, Russian accent. “That’s judgment that I don’t care about. If I did, I would have faded away years ago.”

Ab[Screenwear]’s Fashion Week presentation, geographically speaking, was divided into two halves. On the west side of the gallery, three contemporary movement dancers, each in a unique look, played off each other in a slow motion contemplation of our relationship to inter-personal space, sound, light, as well as the various materials interacting with their [our] own flesh. This triumvirate appeared to be led by the actor/model/dancer Elliot Sailors, who brought a ferocious physicality to the proceedings.

One is apprehensive to use a word like androgynous to refer to Sailors, especially in 2017, as [her] confidence seems to obliterate any third-party speculation as to exactly who or what she is. Sailors was joined by the elegant Elanor Bock and transgender model Indya Moore. Their improvisational performance took place in front of a video art piece by Kurt Hentschlager called “Cluster.” The video features a trippy, kaleidoscopic vortex of contorted limbs, pulsing and undulating outward in concentric circles like a human mandala.

One is apprehensive to use a word like androgynous to refer to Sailors, especially in 2017, as [her] confidence seems to obliterate any third-party speculation as to exactly who or what she is. Sailors was joined by the elegant Elanor Bock and transgender model Indya Moore. Their improvisational performance took place in front of a video art piece by Kurt Hentschlager called “Cluster.” The video features a trippy, kaleidoscopic vortex of contorted limbs, pulsing and undulating outward in concentric circles like a human mandala.

What’s most interesting about Ab[Screenwear]’s presentation (a clear standout), is the fact that this three-person movement performance, though lovely and at times hypnotic, was in some ways a clever diversion from the real performance taking place on the east side of the room between the audience and Petrova Jackson’s 13 models, all partially frozen on light-box pedestals in a seemingly traditional standing presentation. This format has become commonplace in the fashion world, as it’s less fleeting than runway and provides more time and access to the fabrics, cuts and overall looks. The audience is able to move face to face with the models, as if they were living, breathing mannequins, open for consensual objectification and game for countless up close and personal photographs, detailing every inch of their bodies.

“You don’t usually come across people who would allow that intimacy,” says Petrova Jackson of her model brood. In Ab[Screenwear], the designer turns the tables back on the voyeur, as many of the models, who rarely if ever speak, were fit with thin translucent dichroic polyurethane panels that housed their iPhones, which were set on record and trained back on the viewer, igniting a mutual sense of awareness between the model and fashion enthusiast, while commenting on our collective dehumanization in the face of advancing technology. “The girls totally got it,” Petrova Jackson continues. “I call this ‘Post Language.’ It’s not about perfection of the physical, emotional, or spiritual, it’s about our imperfection. It’s telepathy. Some people get it, some people don’t, but that might mean they’re not connecting consciously.”

Where other fashion lines over the last few years have gone out of their way to celebrate the complexity and vast spectrum of skin color as a means to deconstruct race, Petrova Jackson asks us to contemplate the evolutionary stagnation, not only of fashion, but of the human species collectively. “What I’m trying to explore is; if you put that [polyurethane screens] over your body and it has all the capacities your phone has, to switch, choose, project, absorb with your fingertips, it might give you a completely new dimension as a human.”

Much of this incredible material was cut and incorporated by one of Olya’s most vital collaborators, Tereza Barabash. Hailing out of Lviv, Ukraine, a cultural hub renowned for its weaving & textile industry, Barabash has won a golden medal at the Textile Triennial in Warsaw, both in 2013 and 2016. The designers would use NYU Fulbright scholars as fabric mules to send repurposed strips of the polyurethane, leather and other materials back and forth to each other. “That’s me coming from an Eastern European, post-soviet block. It’s manic. I would keep it in boxes for months, cut it into thin strips, and send it to Theresa with a courier.”

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With almost five months under their belt as husband and wife, Jinger (Duggar) and Jeremy Vuolo reminisced about their special day (the pair said “I do” on November 5, 2016, after a few months of courting) on the February 20 episode of Counting On — and are even revealing a few tidbits viewers might not have known. Duggar fans might be surprised to hear Jeremy Vuolo was nervous to break a common wedding tradition for the cutest reason possible.

The 29-year-old opened up to TLC cameras and revealed a wedding-related tradition involving a “little” cake that intimidated him.

“The wedding cake was remarkable — it tasted delicious — and it went through my mind to do the traditional ‘get the cake all over your wife’s cocktail dresses ,’” Jeremy said to cameras. “But I was a little intimidated looking at that dress, so I made sure to be very careful feeding my wife the cake.”

Just look at how gorgeous that cake — and Jinger’s wedding dress — look.

Poor Jinger would’ve likely been caught so off guard if her hubby smashed cake in her face. That’s definitely something you should discuss before the moment arrives (at least one would think), haha.

Who knows how Jinger and Jeremy’s wedding photos would’ve looked with that impromptu addition.

We’re happy he decided to skirt such a common tradition.

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A Minnesota school district is requiring girls who plan to attend its April prom to submit a photo of themselves wearing their chosen prom dresses 2017 to a prom adviser before the event.

The Osakis School Board approved the idea while discussing the district’s prom dress code with prom co-adviser Bobbie Jo Haakinson at a recent meeting.

The board said it wanted to prevent anyone from being embarrassed or turned away at the door on the night of prom if they didn’t meet the dress code.

“We have a right to not allow entrance to the prom,” board member Monica Klimek said.

Boys are not required to submit photos.

Haakinson also told the board she had updated the wording of the previous dress code because fashion has changed. The previous wording on “no exposed midriff section” was eliminated.

After discussion, the school board agreed to maintain a prom dress code.

The prom rules have gone out to 11th- and 12-graders.

“Appropriate attire is required since prom is an official, formal school event,” the Osakis High School prom letter reads, followed by suggestions for “gentlemen” for dress pants, dress shirt, sports coat and tie, or tuxedo, along with dress shoes and socks.

“Ladies, an acceptable prom dress is one that you would feel comfortable wearing to a formal event at school,” the letter reads. “Length of dresses must be lower than the fingertips when arms are held straight down at sides. Tennis shoes, sunglasses and baseball caps are not formal attire and are not acceptable.”

Prom “is a privilege and not a right,” stated the letter, which must be signed by the student and returned.

Other stipulations were also noted in the letter, such as:

All students attending prom must stay until the event ends at midnight. No one may leave during the banquet/dance events without prior permission from parents/guardians received by April 19. Parents may request a phone call if their student leaves the prom.

Osakis Public Schools also have a school 2017 prom dresses code, which includes no ripped jeans. Principal Tim Roggenbuck commented that if a student arrives at school in ripped jeans, he uses duct tape to cover the rips.

A nearly-naked wedding cocktail dresses has become one of the most popular looks of London Fashion Week autumn/winter 2017.

Bollywood actress Amy Jackson shared an Instagram photo of herself modelling the Rocky Star cheap cocktail dresses on Sunday 19 February and it quickly rose to become the top post for the hashtag #LFW, gaining more than 28,000 likes within five hours.

Rocky Star’s designs have been worn by Beyoncé and Priyanka Chopra, as well as appearing in many Bollywood films. This is the second collection he has shown with Fashion Scout at London Fashion Week.

Star said his ‘Vida’ collection is about “discovering yourself”. “It’s all about old world charm and I’m trying to create my own style which is about a woman who travels a lot,” he told India Today.Speaking ahead of the show Star said that Jackson, who regularly travels between India and England, was the perfect choice to represent his collection and he was sure she was going to “rock the show”.

Raul Juarez produced his first quinceañera expo in Houston in 2001 with a handful of vendors to help families shop for cakes, prom dresses liverpool and reception halls all in one place. Budgets were typically less than $5,000. A stretch limo was a major extravagance.But as the Latino community has grown – both in numbers and buying power – so has the coming-of-age party for 15-year-olds. At Juarez’s 16th annual expo last month, a man on stilts in a fully lighted robot costume made the rounds while girls perused dresses that cost as much as $8,000. The all-in budgets today can easily approach $30,000, he said.

Limos have given way to tour buses or, in some cases, helicopters for a more dramatic entrance. Choreographers charge as much as $4,000 to develop a 15-minute performance. Extended family members and godparents still help with the tab, but some small banks have begun offering special financing for the big day as tradition increasingly meets consumerism.”It’s getting bigger and bigger,” Juarez said, “with quinceañeras outdoing each other.”Rachel Gonzalez-Martin, assistant professor of Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas, is writing a book on the increased commercialization of quinceañeras. She said it reflects not just corporate America’s interest, but also the growing affluence of Hispanic families.QUINCEAÑERA EXPOQuinceañera ExpoWhere: George R.

Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas.When: March 5, 12-5 p.m.Who: More than 100 vendors will be exhibiting their products and services, from dresses to dance choreographers.Tickets: $10 online at quinceaneraexpos.com.More information: 210-781-6377.”While it’s still about family honor, it’s not about the girl’s virtue,” she said. “It’s about the family’s socioeconomic success.”Indeed, while the U.S. Latino population grew 57 percent between 2000 and 2014, research by the Pew Research Center found the community’s purchasing power soared 155 percent, to $1.3 trillion, in the same period.

Last year, Pew found, 81 percent of surveyed Hispanic adults said they expected their financial situations to improve in 2017.”Parents aren’t just buying stuff,” Gonzalez-Martin said. “They’re buying soft skills for upward social class mobility.”Cost risesJuana Salsero and her goddaughter, Irayes Romero, were at Juarez’s Quince Expo last month at Bayou City Event Center (moved from its usual NRG Park location because of the Super Bowl).Romero, who turns 15 in May, browsed through vendor stalls until she spotted a sequined dress styled after the one worn by her favorite Disney princess, Cinderella. She gasped and teared up, and Salsero, who will buy Romero’s dress, immediately went up to the attendant and sorted out dates for a fitting. Prices weren’t discussed as Salsero put no limit on the cost.

BUSINESSBusiness calendar#FormatImgID_0# Week in review#FormatImgID_1# Stocks inch to new records; S&P 500 up 4 straight weeksStock market activity this week#FormatImgID_2# Unilever remains cool to Kraft Heinz takeover bid#FormatImgID_3# Statoil sues researcher, claiming theft of technology”It’s how a young woman is introduced to society,” she said. “You have to make a great first impression.”The cost of making that impression is rising, on everything from food to outfits to entertainment.Tomas Benitez has designed quinceañera dresses in Houston for 11 years. His products range in price from $1,500 to $8,000. By keeping abreast of industry trends and using designer brands, he said, Benitez’s business has grown at a steady 15 percent annual rate.Lorena Lock, who started Million Cakes in Katy 10 years ago, said 60 percent of her business today is focused on designing quinceañera cakes.

They can go for $200 to $3,000 apiece.”People want quality,” Lock said, “not a homemade cake made by a family friend.”Reception hall owners including Memo Garza of Anais Reception Center, need to be ready to host at most around 700 guests for a party.Garza hosted 86 parties in 2015 and 100 last year. He’s already booked 42 so far this year. Garza’s prices range from $1,200 to $20,000 depending on whether the family simply wants to rent his venue or have him coordinate the whole shindig.To keep pace with the competition, Garza said, he expanded his business in 2014 to include on-the-go party rental services catering to cities such as Victoria, Bay City and El Campo.”The market is flooded,” Garza said.Business opportunityNot everyone goes to extremes. Susan Guzman, for example, said while perusing the Quince Expo she will stick to a $5,000 budget for her daughter’s party. But, she added, her sisters dropped $20,000 on parties for their daughters.

Regardless of the price range, quinceañeras represent a growing business. Just last month, Janet Quezada opened a new store, Karla Boutique, with charro-designed dresses imported from Mexico, where the market is more saturated.”The Mexican market has already become such a mature industry that it’s hard to enter it as a small-business owner,” Quezada said.Quezada, whose prices range from $890 to $1,800, said she foresees smaller boutiques popping up in Houston to better cater to a wide range of party budgets.Juarez said consumers’ demand for better quality, and higher-priced, party supplies seemed to happen almost overnight.”The changes are happening in leaps and bounds,” he said.

Juarez noted a couple of advantages he has over businesses that cater to the wedding industry. First, there is no peak or slow season for quinceañeras; girls turn 15 all year round. Plus, he added, Latino families’ tendency is to pay for everything up front.Juarez and others can only see the industry grow from here, simultaneously benefiting and challenging vendors for years to come.Gonzalez-Martin, the UT professor, said there are other, more subtle advantages to continued growth and expanded exposure of the American quinceañera.”As the industry grows,” she said, “the cultural presence of American Latinos cannot be ignored.”

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Ashley Graham on Wednesday became the first plus-size model to walk on the New York runway for Michael Kors, who unveiled a collection full of opulent fur coats and monochrome looks.

Graham, the 28-year-old American and self-proclaimed body activist who this month became the first plus-size model to appear on the cover of Vogue, took to the catwalk in a black prom dresses london slashed to the thigh and belted at the waist with a cropped grey fur coat.

The 57-year-old New York designer was a major draw on day six of fashion week in the Big Apple, pulling in actress Blake Lively and her husband, the Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds, as well as Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

Models sashayed down the runway to the strains of Eurythmics hit “Sweet Dreams”—performed live by a string ensemble wearing fur coats, evening dresses and metallics.

Model of the moment Bella Hadid looked stunning in gunmetal grey. Kendall Jenner closed the show in a black tasseled evening dress.

There were a succession of one-color outfits in chocolate, camel and olive, slouchy suede boots, asymmetrical cutaways to reveal the thigh and rich dresses in molten silver and gold.

It was a very New York look: draped dresses, skirts and blouses contrasted with tailored jackets and a defined waist to present what Kors called “covered-up sexiness” and “urban takes on languid kimonos and sarongs.”

Graham, who is followed by 3.2 million people on Instagram, shot to fame last year when she became the first plus-size model on the cover of the annual “Swimsuit Issue” of magazine “Sports Illustrated.”

Her presence suggested that Kors had changed his attitude about size diversity on the catwalk, having told USA Today last September that it was not logistically possible to feature them on the runway.

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What’s the most coveted souvenir from New York Fashion Week? An invitation to Kanye West’s Yeezy fashion show. Last season’s event, held at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, featured invites printed on T-shirts, many of which immediately found their way onto eBay, where they were quickly bought up by the haute-meets-hypebeast fashion set.

Among the things that makes watching Kanye’s show such a good spectator sport is the front row presence of Kim Kardashian West, who is reliably decked out in one of her husband’s dazzling ensembles. For season one, Kardashian West, joined by baby North, owned the front row in a camouflage jacket over a form-fitting bodysuit and cropped bra top for a mashup of high fashion and post-apocalyptic style. This look was given a dose of monochromatic magic for season two when Kardashian West hinted at her growing bump in high-waisted leggings and mid-calf grazing duster, all in shades of sand.

But leave it to the reality television mogul to up the ante for her husband’s The Life of Pablo listening party and season three show. Flanked by the vast Kardashian-Jenner crew—Caitlyn Jenner, Kris Jenner, Lamar Odom, and countless other friends and family—Kardashian West changed things up in an OTT fur coat and embellished prom dresses manchester crafted by West and Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing.

But this past September, Kardashian West returned to a more subtle and sophisticated look in a ribbed knit dress and tonal tall boots. With Kardashian West switching up her look for 2017— sporting everything from slinky, ’70s style dresses to 1980s inspired tracksuits from her husband’s yet-to-be released Calabasas collection—there’s no telling what sartorial treats are in store for us today.

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Every year, the average cost for a wedding jumps a few thousand dollars, which can easily make your fairy tale moment turn into a nightmare.

According to The Knot, the latest polling of more than 13,000 couples from across the country reveals the national average cost of a wedding at $35,329.

Despite the rising costs – many grooms- and brides-to-be are still finding ways to say, “I do,” without the debt.

Central New York engaged couple Deanna Briscoe and Steve Pereira are getting married in July.

The couple has set their budget at $22,000, but they’re staying focused on ways to cut cost without cutting quality.

Although, they plan to cover the majority of the costs, they talked to family members to see how much money everyone would be contributing before setting the final budget.

Starting to spend on plan’s for the big day is one of the biggest mistakes couples can make, according to The Knot.

Another, “must do” in the planning process is setting the maximum number of guests you plan to invite before making any decisions, especially decisions that require a non-refundable deposit.

Deanna says the guest list is topped at 150 for their wedding.

“I’ve always wanted a very classic wedding, romantic but not over the top,” Deanna said. “Very understated and simple.”

Deanna says she and her fiancé are “practical” people and know that their wedding day is indeed just that – one day.

“You have the rest of your life to live, so you don’t want to go crazy on one day and then not have a house, a car or honeymoon afterward,” Deanna shared. “You want to be realistic.”

Mother-of-the-bride Wendy Briscoe, is also looking closely at the numbers.

“I’ve been saving for this event for many years in hopes of making a financial impact on that with them,” Wendy said. “I think sometimes you can never really save enough but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to stay within a budget.”

Trimming and tailoring the budget began as soon as the planning discussion began.

“We decided on each piece and what our magic number was for each piece. Sort of researching, OK, how much did other people we know spend? What’s the industry standard?” Deanna said. “And then are we willing to go to that standard or stay just below that.”

Staying organized through the planning process goes hand-in-hand with staying on budget.

Deanna created a bridal binder stocked with vendor contracts, contact information, the guest list and magazine clippings with ideas for the wedding.

“The first thing I did was actually include a list of what you need to do and when you need to do it to help myself stay focused,” Deanna said. “A lot of the magazines had the same timeline.”

Deanna recommends other brides buy a few bridal magazines – she says the small investment pays off with ideas and even savings.

“They have Wedding Paper Divas, they have Minted. You can actually go on their website and some of the wedding magazine will give you a code, so if you really like what you see on the website – the magazine will give you a discount code,” Deanna shared.

Nearly half Briscoe-Pereira budget is going to the reception at Ventosa Vineyards in Geneva which includes the venue, drinks, dinner and cake-cutting fees.

Deanna says she was set on choosing a buffet-style dinner for the reception because she thought it would be less expensive than a plated dinner.

However, crunching the numbers revealed some unexpected savings.

“I thought it reduced the cost because you only have to pay for a certain number of dishes, they refill it — everybody’s happy,” Deanna said. “My fiancé sat down and did the math, and judging by the maximum number of guests we had actually found out that a sit-down dinner was less expensive than a buffet which really surprised me.”

Deanna says that even if each guest chooses the most expensive dish along with having access to the open bar, the plated option is still cheaper than the buffet.

Plus, she says many of their guests have dietary restrictions or prefer vegetarian options. Deanna says the plated-dinner option offers more choices for their guests.

The couple is also dedicated more of the budget to their wedding photography. They’ve chosen to have two photographers for the big day, but they will not be hiring a videographer.

“They’re capturing those moments when you’re in them and you’re heart is racing and you’re saying, ‘I do’ and the whole thing is sort of a whirlwind of color and sound,” Deanna said. “You not really paying attention to every minute detail – you want a photographer to be able to capture that.”

What you wear is captured in those memorable photos – making Deanna’s choice for a bridal gown an important one.

Deanna’s mother is a seamstress, which means more savings.

The prom dresses manchester can easily be one of the most expensive purchases you’re going to make for your wedding, but it’s also one of those items you’re going to use once, so setting a strict budget or figuring out ways you can use it again is recommended.

“We have shortened dresses before,” said Gina Bush, owner of Bliss Bridal in Baldwinsville. “This one bride wanted to wear it on her anniversary every year but it was a really big dress with a big train so she came in and we did tea-length for the dress so that she could wear it. It is fun when that happens.”

More than anything, Deanna says it’s important to not get ahead of yourself in the planning process.

“You have to be mindful of what’s really important,” Deanna said. “Do you want to have one day with a big blowout?”

Because Deanna and her fiancé asked other couples about their weddings – they found out about HoneyFund.com – free site that allows you to register your honeymoon trip.

Instead of buying flatware, towels or kitchen dishes for the couple, they’re hoping their 150 gifts will consider buying from the honeymoon registry to help pay for dinners or excursions for their trip to St. Lucia.

“What we really need is time away and time together so that’s really the greatest gift someone can give us – time to enjoy out honeymoon,” Deanna said.

The couple says they have also found some added savings by “asking around” within their family to find relatives and friends who have a tie to the wedding industry.

A family member is doing bridal hair and makeup on the wedding day and another friend, who is a DJ, is cutting a good deal for the couple’s wedding reception music.

Making their own save-the-date cards also saved the couple money.

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It has been an eventful two months for Carolina Herrera. First there was that nasty lawsuit against Oscar de la Renta wherein it transpired that her former chief executive had hired a former ODLR designer to be her heir in waiting without telling her, a situation that did not end well for anyone involved. (The designer returned to her previous place of employ, the chief executive left, and dirty laundry was seen by all.) Then there was the Ivanka Trump inaugural ball gown, a fairy-tale confection that cast Mrs. Herrera into the eye of the political storm.

So if she was feeling distracted, it was understandable. Perhaps as a result, for her fall collection she took refuge in the details.

Moving away from her uptown show home at the Frick to an empty space in the meatpacking district with a Modernist industrial glass ceiling designed by I. M. Pei, Mrs. Herrera laid down a foundation of neat white cotton shirting (the kind she wears so well herself) with wide Edwardian governess collars, paired with pleated gray flannel skirts and finished with a thin black velvet bow at the neck.

More bows tied — literally — the collection together, as it moved through the various stages of a wardrobe and assorted personalities (schoolgirl, urbanite, debutante, royalty). They cinched the back of black leather biker jackets, and the neck of a burgundy crocheted day prom dresses liverpool; were stuck on the diagonal across a black velvet bustier atop a full teal green lace and chiffon skirt; and were tied at the waist of a fragile shell pink cocktail dress. It was a promising idea, but by the end, rendered in organza and tacked onto the neck of a backless sapphire velvet halter evening gown so that the wearer resembled a prized puppy, it seemed more like a styling trick than a gift.

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